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William Joseph Mackey
William Joseph Mackey | |
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| Born | (1915-08-19)August 19, 1915 Montreal, Canada |
| Died | October 18, 1995(1995-10-18) (aged 80) Thimphu, Bhutan |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 15 August 1945 |
William Joseph Mackey, S.J. (August 19, 1915 – October 18, 1995) was a Canadian Catholic priest and Jesuit educator.
Early life
William Joseph Mackey was born on August 19, 1915 in Montreal, Canada to Kitty Murphy, an Irish Catholic, and Herbert Mackey, a Protestant of Irish descent.[1] Mackey received a Catholic primary education and successfully applied for scholarship at Loyola College, which included a high school.[2] He was accepted into the Society of Jesus shortly after graduating from high school and joined the St. Stanislaus Novitiate in Guelph, Ontario on 14 August 1932.[3]
Mackey was ordained a priest on 15 August 1945 by Archbishop Joseph Charbonneau in the Immaculate Conception Church.[4] He pronounced his final vows on 15 August 1949.[5]
Mackey died on 18 October 1995, in a hospital in Thimphu, due to an infected gum which lead to blood poisoning.[6]
References
Citations
Sources
- Solverson, Howard (1995). The Jesuit and the Dragon: The life of Father William Mackey in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. Montreal: Robert Davies Publishing. ISBN 1895854377.